BT Expands Broadcasting Services for Crown Media International, Inc. Crown Media First US Customer to Use BT Fiber Network Full Time.Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2001 BT North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. Broadcast Services, a leading provider of global broadcast solutions, announced today that Crown Media International, Inc. will expand its original group of broadcast services from the original link and full time space segment to an end to end service that includes US domestic and transatlantic fiber, thereby gaining the distinction of becoming BT's first US customer to use BT fiber network for full time use. For 2001, the Hallmark Channel programming will originate in Verb 1. originate in - come from stem - grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war" Crown Media's Greenwood Village, CO facility and be transmitted via BT's US domestic and transatlantic fiber network to BT's London teleport where the programming will be uplinked to Eutelsat's Hot Bird 3 space capacity for distribution to various cable and direct-to-home (DTH (Direct-To-Home) Typically refers to satellite TV broadcasting directly to a dish antenna on the roof of a house. See DBS. ) television providers within Europe. "We are very happy to assist Crown Media and the Hallmark Channel in expanding their service capabilities and growing their functionality within their marketplace," said Jon Romm, general manager, BT North America Broadcast Services. "BT's extensive domestic and transatlantic fiber network provides customers with added flexibility, a sense of security in their signal transmissions, and economical point to point applications." "BT provides first-class broadcast services for the Hallmark Channel in Europe, which is a growing and important market for our programming," said Chuck Zabilski, Vice President of Operations for Crown Media. "BT's satellite capabilities coupled with extensive fiber provide us with great flexibility. We're delighted to be BT's first US customer to use its fiber network for full time use." About BT Broadcast Services (www.broadcast.bt.com) BT Broadcast Services is one of the world's leading suppliers of global broadcast solutions, providing a comprehensive range of terrestrial and satellite based multimedia transmission solution as well as content and customer management services. The group offers flexible, cost effective tailor-made services to an international client base including broadcasters, news agencies, production companies, special event organizers, and large corporations around the world. Broadcast Services delivers technically advanced services based on the latest video and internet technologies, including video streaming, digital terrestrial television Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and sound using aerial broadcasts to a conventional antenna (or aerial) instead of a satellite dish or , high speed internet access via satellite and digital business TV. The group is a division of BT Ignite, which is a data-centric, broadband IP business, focused on corporate and wholesale markets. With the largest broadband network coverage in Europe, the group is focused on the explosive growth in data transport and value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. services. About Crown Media International, Inc. (www.hallmarketnetwork.com) Crown Media International, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Crown Media Holdings, Inc - (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CRWN CRWN Composite Reconfigurable Wireless Network ) (ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. : CRWN), which owns and operates pay television channels dedicated to high quality broad appeal entertainment programming. Crown Media Holdings, Inc. currently operates and distributes two cable channels: The Hallmark Channel in more than 100 international markets and Odyssey Network in the United States. Crown Media Holdings, Inc. has more than 65 million subscribers worldwide. |
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